This is a little later than I'd intended. A mixture of bad health, negative responses and low morale meant that this was put on a back burner. Hopefully it isn't too late to enjoy the Contest or the movie.

The Rules

Only one entry per person. Using multiple accounts is cheating; all subsequent entries will be eliminated.

All photographs entered in the Contest must still conform to the Comic Vine rules.

There is no minimum or maximum amount of photographs to create your Toy Story comic strip, but avoid Lord of the Ring style tomes.

Any toys from can be used.

Any presentation format can be used. You can set out the photographs in a post like Icarusflies', you can photoshop it all together like a comic book page, or you can create a video like in my intro (no moving imagery is allowed though).

Any Comic Vine members ('Comic Viners') are eligible to enter by posting in a comment below. There are no geographic restrictions (I am in the UK, the three previous winners were in the US).

The Prize

Each issue was available with two variant covers. 50% of covers featured Autobots, while the other 50% starred the Decepticons. Issue 1 had a couple of incentive variants, and there were subsequent Second Printings of issues 1, 2 & 5, but at the time I couldn't be bothered to pay the extra for those. As such, I bought both Autobot & Decepticon variants of issues 1 & 2, while selectively choosing my favourite covers from the rest of the series; #3 Decepticon, #4 Autobot, #5 Decepticon, #6 Autobot. All are First Printings.

I will not split the set. All the variants are part of the prize.

I read the story when it was originally purchased. They have been untouched since & remained bagged & boarded ever since. And I'm sorry, but I can not remember whether I read the Autobot or Decepticon variants, but at least 2 issues are unread variants.

Deadline

Post your entry in a comment to this thread. All entries must be received by Sunday 03 July 2011 by 21:00 (9pm) BST. That's British Summer Time. I'm afraid I don't know what time that is around the world. All I know is that East Coast America is 5 hours behind, while West Coast is 8 hours behind. So please make sure you check the internet for Time Zone conversions.

I am definitely going to enter this since A) I love Transformers, particularly Gen 1 (ask my beloved Marie what 90% of our MSN conversations usually turn into), and B) I'm an action figure collector, so finally getting to use them for something is a dream lol

Here's good title for my entry: The Annual EVIL Genius Poker Game (Starring Dr. Evil, Goldmember, and Magneto)

Dr. Evil: "Gentleman, time to reveal our frickin' cards. Four 5's." Goldmember: "Not so fast, smarty pants. Royal Flush." Magneto: "Neither of you has won, you homo-sapiens. Deuces." Dr. Evil: "What?" Goldmember: "Wait a minute. Who's the wonner?" Dr. Evil: "I forgot what beats what." Magneto: "For an evil genius, your not so bright." Dr. Evil: "SILENCE! I will not be tolerated, you frickin' mutant. I wish I had my frickin' sharks with their frickin' laser-beams attached to their frickin' heads with me." Goldmember: "Dr. Evil, can I paint his genital ggooollllldddddd? It's kinda my thing." Dr. Evil: "How about no! You crazy dutch bastard!" Magneto: "Next year, I want the both you to understand the rules of the game. You do the same thing every year."

Wow I never realized 1- Your Female 2-Your British 3 -Your really hot With your X-Men knowledge you' have gone from someone I find to be a pain in the ass know it all, to my ideal woman. Love, CattleBattle

I am so tempted to enter just to try and do this idea, I have this idea for Superhero Pez Dispensers. It would be so much fun.If I get a chance I will enter, but I have so much work to do on my comic. The Pez are a Batman and Hulk. Well, maybe.

Wow I never realized 1- Your Female 2-Your British 3 -Your really hot With your X-Men knowledge you' have gone from someone I find to be a pain in the ass know it all, to my ideal woman. Love, CattleBattle

Alright, I'm entering the fray here. My strip is titled "Cheese-a-Mania", where a band of motley wrestlers (or wrestling action figures as it were), battle a refrigerator to ensnare their favorite treat, CHEESE. Here we go...

Panel 1: Our main event of the evening is finally here, with our brave grapplers going up against the imposing monolith, the refrigerator. Who will be victorious? Panel 2: First the stare down. This is a psychological game at this point, folks. The intensity in the plastic, painted-on eyes of our competitors tells the whole story. Panel 3: Oh, and in a stunning move, the wrestlers make a move on the door! Hogan and Boss Man are double-teaming the behemoth as the rest of the team makes a scramble for the entrance! Panel 4: This thing has really broken down, folks. The grapplers have made their way to the cheese drawer, but right now it's absolute pandemonium! There's no stopping their cheese lust! Panel 5: Finally, it looks like Savage has this thing under control. He's signaling his teammates to make a break for the door. If they can escape this frozen prison, they'll have this thing in the bag... Panel 6: And they've done it! The wrestlers have secured the cheese and this match is over! There's going to be some celebrating in the toy chest tonight!

My story as told with HeroClix (tm,r,ect. wizkids) staring Batgirl in "I needs her pop."

Dr. M: Wait Batgirl, I have change. The Guys: We'll get your drink Mam.A M: STAND AWAY, THIS IS MY MACHINE!Everyone: Hey, the lady was here first! Everyone: That will teach you to bud in line.Dr. M: Thank you gentlemen, I'll take it from here. Dr. M: Here you are Batgirl B G: I wanted DIET!!